Improvement in surcingles



H. M. WITTER.

Surci ngle.

Patented March 9, 1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

HENRY M. WITTER, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

,IMPRVEMENT IN SURCINGLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,560, dated March 9,1875 application filed February 8, 1875.

To all whom t'may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. WITTER, of Worcester, county of Worcesterand State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Surcingle, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention relates to improvements in surcingles or girts for use instables or other places, and in connection with horses, and has for itsobject the production of a stufted or pad ded' surcin gie.

My invent-ion consists in a practically solid surcingle or web of wovenmaterial, having an intermediate pocketor pockets adapted to receive apadding or filling material, as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a plan view of the outer side of one of my improvedsurcingles, a part being broken out. Fig. 2 is a section on line m x;Fig. 3, a section thereof on line y y; and Fig. 4, a section ot' amodified form, the figures 2, 3, 4 being enlarged.

In the drawing, A is a girt or web ot' suitable length, (usually aboutsixty-three inches,) and of suitable Width, this being a matter of fancyon the part of the manufacturer or purchaser. This girt is Woven tubularor in two plies, as seen in cross-section, Fig. 2.

I usually commence at the end having the strip a, stitch the parts ot'the tube together for, say, thirty-seven inches, more or less, with asuitable number of lines of stitching. There are three shown at b. ThenI leave the girt open or tubular for a distance of seven inches, more orless, to form a pocket, C 5 then again unite the webs for a distance of,say, one inch; then form another pocket, G, of seven inches, more orless; then again unite the web, by stitches, for eleven inches, more orless', and then attach the buckle-holding portion d. I then cut thepockets G C at the sides, or at any suitable place, and insert thereinany suitable stuing material c-tow, hair, cotton, or other substance-andthen sew up the pockets, and preferably tuft the stuffed pockets, as atf.

Instead of leaving the space between the pockets, the pocket may be onelong pocket 5 or there might be more than two pockets.

Instead of stitching the plies of the girt- Web together, I may unitethem by cement, cement containing a solution of rubber being preferableon account of its withstanding the action of water; or I may unite thewebs in any other Well-known Way, so as to make the parts A of the webpractically solid.

The girt is Woven in a loom capable of weaving a tubular fabric, andpreferably of cotton or Wool; and the end pieces ct d are preferablyriveted to the girt, the ends of the girt being slotted centrally anddrawn in between the plates of leather at the ends, thereby bringing theedges of the girt in flush with the leathers o d. The web is stitchedcrosswise at g g.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A surcingle composed of atubular fabric, having intermediate pocket-spaces, forming a partthereof, substantially as described.

2. A surcingle having intermediate stuffed pockets, forming integralparts thereof, and practically solid ends, substantially as described.

3. A surcingle having intermediate stuffed and tufted pockets, formingintegral parts thereof, practlcally solid ends, and leathers a d,substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY M. WITTER.

Witnesses:

J. A. WARE, HORACE WYMAN.

